I’ve given myself a writing assignment: Write a poem. Clear, concise. I argue with even this teacher’s assignment. An inane argument, a stall, I suppose, but no teacher can quell all questions without squashing the few based on true curiosity.
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Writing Assignment
Posted in Poetry, Writing on February 6, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Carolina in my Mind
Posted in Friendship, Music, Reminiscences, Romance on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A favorite James Taylor song reminds me of an old friend. If I count the years since we were students, the time spent with a whole country between us, the numbers surpass two decades. He’s a brilliant man, a good husband, devoted father, loyal friend; he’s handsome, intelligent, funny, the perfect combination of strong masculinity […]
Dancing Around the Living Room
Posted in Children, Music on January 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I’m listening to my Lyle Lovett station on Pandora, loud, surprised that each song is something that fits exactly the mood I’m in, although that’s the magic of Pandora – the genetic coding of music to create caches of similar tonality, rhythm, mood, even vocal range. It would be like going to Baskin Robbins and […]
His and Her Matinees
Posted in Film, Husbands, Marriage, Wives on December 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
His: The Immortals – Gods and Titans in a CGI special-effects extravaganza, heads sliced right off, chopping, murdering, swords, arrows, blood and severed body parts in 3D (I can just imagine people in the theater ducking out of the way of incoming parts and blood splatter), Mickey Rourke, good versus evil. Hers: The Princess […]
I Can’t Draw Hands
Posted in Art on December 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A local art school – a serious art school, with a classical art training program (as opposed to a design or fashion institute) – held it 12th Annual Drawing Jam last weekend. It was my first time attending; I may not be the last person to learn of this event, but how I missed this for the last […]